@scottmelker
“The Wolf Of All Streets” — a former DJ turned full-time crypto trader, podcaster and newsletter writer. His edge isn't dramatic price targets; it's a mostly-Bitcoin, buy-on-a-schedule discipline wrapped in daily macro and a rolodex of top guests. He says his views out loud, with dates — so they can be checked.
In short. Scott Melker is one of crypto's most-heard voices: host of The Wolf Of All Streets podcast, author of the The Wolf Den newsletter, and a fixture across X, YouTube and conference stages. His actual trading posture is deliberately boring — mostly Bitcoin, accumulated on a schedule and held — paired with a running read on macro (liquidity, rates, the dollar) and technicals (moving averages, RSI, cycle lows). He is candid about altcoins having “lost the plot,” and equally candid when a big target misses. His recent 2026 calls near the summer lows read the bottom well; his headline 2025 target ($250k) did not.
Melker came to crypto after a career in music as a professional DJ, reinventing himself as a full-time trader and one of the space's most prolific media operators. Under the “The Wolf Of All Streets” banner he runs a daily podcast that interviews founders, fund managers and analysts, writes the widely-read The Wolf Den newsletter, and posts near-constant market commentary on X to roughly a million followers.
His public posture is unusually plain-spoken for an influencer: he repeatedly says his own book is mostly Bitcoin, dollar-cost-averaged and held, that most altcoins won't repeat past cycles, and that he'd rather be early and boring than clever and wrong. That candour cuts both ways — he owns misses, including a 2025 call for Bitcoin at $250k by year-end that never came close (BTC topped near $126k). The value here is a documented, dated stance, not a crystal ball.
Sources: youtube.com/@ScottMelker · thewolfofallstreets.io · public interviews & press
Macro-led, Bitcoin-first. Melker frames the market top-down — liquidity, rates, the dollar, ETF/institutional flows — then leans on a small technical toolkit (the 200-week and 50-month moving averages, weekly RSI, cycle-low structure) to time accumulation. He is a disciplined DCA accumulator more than a leveraged swing trader, skeptical of broad altcoin bets, and explicit that his edge is process and patience, not precision price targets. The weakness is the flip side of that breadth: headline numbers (a $250k call) can be far too aggressive even when the underlying direction is right.
Structurally bullish on Bitcoin, cautious-to-bearish on broad altcoins. He accumulates BTC through drawdowns rather than trading them, so his bias reads bullish but patient.
Dated stances attributed to Melker by third-party press and his own interviews, charted against real price. He's a macro/accumulation voice, so his calls are directional and conditional (“this is a bottoming zone”, “don't expect altcoins to 10x”) rather than tight levels — we judged them on what price actually did next. A rolling 2026 sample: his reads near the summer lows played out; his long-term monetary thesis is still open. For honesty, note his headline 2025 call — $250k by year-end — missed badly (BTC topped ~$126k); it sits outside this chart window but belongs on the record.
“Bitcoin is looking extremely healthy right now even if it gets some retracement before what I believe is likely to be another move to the upside.”
With BTC at $78,553 he called ~$78k a higher floor and expected another leg up despite rising bond yields. Since then BTC did push to $81,265 (+3.5%) before fading back to $78,399 (−0.2%), with only a −1.6% dip below his floor. Directionally fine so far, but it is a week old — open.
SourceBitcoin holds strong as bond yields continue to climb — Scott Melker (Yahoo Finance)↗ finance.yahoo.com“A lot of the signals that we saw that were very key signs of a bottom are now showing up as key signs of a local top.”
After the failed push through $81k he flagged local-top signals and said he would keep buying dips — naming the 200-day MA (~$69k) as the one he really wanted. The stall he described did happen: from $78,974 BTC has only ranged −2.1% to +2.9% and sits at $78,399 (−0.7%). But his deep dip never arrived, so the trade he was waiting for is still open.
SourceBitcoin cracks $81K but can’t maintain the breakout — Scott Melker (Yahoo Finance)↗ finance.yahoo.com“Now, I’ve been telling you literally for months that I thought the bottom was in.”
On Bitcoin’s best week since 2023 he doubled down that the bottom was in, naming $82,800 as the level that would make a higher high and kill bear-market structure. The bottom read held: from $73,021 BTC has never traded lower, ran to $81,265 (+11.3%) and sits +7.4% higher. His $82,800 trigger, though, has still not been tagged.
SourceBitcoin nears $80,000, posts best weekly gain in 3 years — Scott Melker (Yahoo Finance)↗ finance.yahoo.com“Every supposed buyer of last resort became a forced seller, and Bitcoin is still here.”
He framed ~$60k as a bottoming / accumulation zone — oversold weekly RSI, reclaim of the 200-week MA, a bounce off the 50-month MA. It held: from the day he said it BTC is +21% with only a −3% dip along the way. A well-timed macro bottom read.
SourceWas $60,000 the Bitcoin Bottom? — Benzinga / TradingView↗ tradingview.com“We are no longer in a situation where one can just pick an altcoin and assume that it will go up 10-fold, 50-fold, or even 100-fold.”
His call was to stop expecting outsized altcoin gains and stay Bitcoin-first. It held: since then SOL is up only ~25% (and fell 24% along the way) — nowhere near the 10–100x he warned against, and no altseason materialised. The caution held, not a price target.
SourceAre prediction markets killing altcoins? — Scott Melker (Yahoo Finance)↗ finance.yahoo.com“There's no committee, no crisis, no emergency, no election that can unlock a single extra coin.”
A structural, multi-year accumulation thesis — Bitcoin's fixed supply as an exit from fiat. Not a near-term level: BTC is −1% from the day he said it (after a 26% drawdown in between), so we log it open — to be judged over the cycle, not the month.
SourceBitcoin is an exit from the traditional monetary system — Scott Melker↗ money.whatfinger.comOutcomes are our read of his stated bias against real price, not his own scoring. Calls are sourced from dated third-party coverage (linked on each card), not paraphrased. Near-term marks can flip as the cycle resolves.
Melker's business is media and audience — a podcast, a newsletter and sponsorships — not a signals group. That's a cleaner model than token-shilling, but the incentives (guests, sponsors, engagement) are still worth knowing.
The Wolf Of All Streets podcast and The Wolf Den newsletter — advertising, subscriptions and sponsorships are the core business.
Exchange/tool sponsorships, paid appearances and conference stages. Guests are often founders or funds with their own agendas — weigh interviews accordingly.
He states his own holdings are mostly Bitcoin, dollar-cost-averaged — so his on-air bias aligns with his book, which is worth factoring in.
“Every supposed buyer of last resort became a forced seller, and Bitcoin is still here.”
31 Jul 2026 · reading the summer bottom“There's no committee, no crisis, no emergency, no election that can unlock a single extra coin.”
14 May 2026 · Bitcoin as a monetary exit“We are no longer in a situation where one can just pick an altcoin and assume that it will go up 10-fold, 50-fold, or even 100-fold.”
28 May 2026 · his altcoin realismQuotes transcribed from his own public sources; stated views, not recommendations.
Melker publishes a near-daily podcast interviewing top founders, funds and analysts. Representative recent episodes:
Trump Now CONTROLS The FedMacro read on Fed independence and Bitcoin.23 Aug 2026
15,000 Hours Trying to KILL Bitcoin — Jeff BoothThe deflation/monetary-exit thesis he leans on.16 Aug 2026
Bitcoin Will Hit A $10 TRILLION Market Cap — Anthony ScaramucciInstitutional bull case, weighed critically.26 Jul 2026
How To Win Crypto's Next Bull Market — Rob HadickCycle strategy and where the edge is now.09 Aug 2026A former professional DJ turned full-time crypto trader and media figure, known as “The Wolf Of All Streets.” He hosts a daily crypto podcast, writes the The Wolf Den newsletter, and is one of the most-followed crypto commentators on X.
Not publicly verified. His income spans a media business (podcast, newsletter, sponsorships) plus crypto holdings he says are mostly Bitcoin. Ignore any specific figure — none is confirmed.
He is a commentator, not a licensed adviser, and openly owns misses (his 2025 $250k Bitcoin call missed badly). His recent 2026 accumulation reads near the lows worked. Treat his views as a documented, dated opinion — never trade them blindly.
Macro-led and Bitcoin-first: he frames liquidity, rates and flows, uses the 200-week/50-month moving averages and weekly RSI to time accumulation, holds mostly Bitcoin dollar-cost-averaged, and is skeptical of broad altcoin bets.
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Informational and educational analysis based strictly on publicly available materials (dated third-party coverage and his own public interviews, linked on each call). Not financial or investment advice. Figures are approximate and change constantly. Spotted an error, or are you Scott? Submit a correction →
Verified handles · Sources cited above · Scoring methodology · Updated 8 September 2026
